Cornell Puerto Rican Student Association’s secretary Julia Pagán Andréu ’19, who calls San Juan home, was eager to hear news from her family — including her mother, father, sister, cousin and grandparents — who waited out last week’s storm.

“People of color have been leading diversity training, forming task forces, for years, and telling people how to treat us,” said Monet Roberts, grad. “And so I feel like this is the time where people who are not of color need to really step up.”

The two administrators also announced a philanthropic commitment from a Cornell alumnus to support first-generation and low-income student initiatives over the next five years, a gift that the University will use to hire a full-time staffer who will implement programs and support for this student population.

DeVos’s Education Department issued new interim guidance to schools, like Cornell, that receive federal funds. That new guidance allows schools to use a stricter standard in adjudicating sexual misconduct complaints.

In the new federal indictment, Charles Tan ’17 is accused of illegally receiving a firearm and ammunition with the intent of using them to commit a crime and convincing someone else to lie to buy them for him.